I’m many of those things which you say. I am an optimizer. In order to maximize free time, I meticulously lay out methods and practices for certain things (many of them learned from my father) so that I don’t have to put too much time and effort into dealing with them. That may sound like shortcuts, but experience has taught me that my standards for things like this are often above the norm.

That’s not to say I don’t slack on a lot of things. I hate, for example, to empty a dishwasher after the dishes are cleaned. That leads to an accumulation of dishes which need to be purged in a frenzy of punk rock and detergent each Saturday.

I love to waste time. I love to get things done so that I can waste as much time as possible. My favorite way to waste time is to let my impulses propel me out the door and into whatever seems interesting at the moment. I am a curious and constructive person, as I grew up with Legos and Lincoln Logs.

I live and work downtown, which is nice in many ways. It’s unexpectedly isolating, though. Tons of people around who are here just to work and go home. Or they’re here with their friends to get drunk and go back to their suburb. 90% of the time, any person I run into in daily life is simply not interested in meeting someone while they are downtown. No sense of community.

I’m a big fan of the small carbon footprint of urban living, but it is dreadfully lonely at times. Pros and cons, I guess. At least I get to bike to work! I spent all my youth dreaming of having a license, and now, after driving cars half my life, I am much happier to be able to hop curbs, and ride on paths and sidewalks. I’m thinking of getting an electric Vespa soon, though. I didn’t even know they had those! It’s just getting eaasier and easier to swear off of fossil fuels.